Today we did the barrier reef, with a boat/ company called Calypso. We were very lucky as Port Douglas is quiet, there were only 28 on the boat, about 8 divers and the rest snorkelling. We went to Opal reef on the outer barrier reef, did 3 centres for diving in roughly the same area, but with different things to see. Paul and I obviously weren’t paying attention as we missed the shark and large turtle. However we saw plenty of beautiful fish and brightly coloured corals. It was a great day out. They picked us up at 8.40am and we got back at 6pm, after stopping for a beer on the way back. We met a great crowd of people and the crewe were great. All together a very successful day. BBQing tonight on our balcony. Got the wine in and the steak.
‘Im on his yacht
‘Er in a very fetching little number!
Typical reef. Doesn’t look much from above but beautiful below.
It took one and a half hours to reach the reef which is about 30k out. This makes it even more amazing as the coral is only a meter below the surface.
On the top sun deck on our back to Port Douglas
Two Spanish, two Aussies and four Poms including Me and Er.
